We love the revolution brought forth by ebook readers. It is a great way to read books and carry a bunch of books around with you in one convenient package. But as many of you have learned, satisfying a voracious appetite for books can be very costly. So how does one take advantage of library services in this new digital age, by taking advantage of our digital library online.

This page is here to help you get started!

Getting Started – Ebook Readers

Getting Started – Smart Phones/iPod Touch/iPads

Ebook Readers: We suggest the purchase of a ebook reader compatible with Overdrive. List of Compatible Devices.

Mobile phones and tablets: Yes you can download and read books on your smart phone, but because of size, only around 50 words fit on the page at one time. It can work in a pinch. But I can fully recommend the iPads (1&2), Kindle Fire and the new Nook Tablet for reading ebooks and will add others to the list as they become available and are found to be compliant. List of Compatible Devices.

Authorizing your ebook reader – Update: In order to be able to authorize most ebook readers to open the ebooks downloaded from Overdrive, Adobe Digital Editons needs to be able to authorize your device. Often it is the case that a version of Adobe Digital Editions already exists on your ebook reader and it will stop the copy on your PC form allowing Overdrive to authorize properly. You can delete the file from your ebook reader (something like .adobe.digital.editions) and then reconnect your ebook reader and let it synch with Adobe Digital Editions install on your computer. For Mac users you will need to find a Windows PC (or a windows virtual computer on your Mac) to be able to locate the file to delete it (there is a way to do this in Terminal – but I do not recommend using this method). Then plug it back into your Mac. It should then work fine.

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